GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| warrant | sanction |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |